Nashville officer Andrew Delke was charged with criminal homicide for fatally shooting Daniel Hambrick, 25, in the back as he ran from the officer. Delke's attorney says he plans to plead not guilty in the case.
In late July, Delke was in the area looking for stolen vehicles and became suspicious of an Impala who he says "conceded the right of way by not pulling out in front of him." After running the plates on the car and determining it wasn't stolen, Delke continued to follow the car to develop a reason to stop it. When Delke parked his car in a nearby apartment complex, he says that's when he saw Hambrick running away.
Video footage shows Delke chasing Hambrick and in a matter of seconds, the man falls to the ground after being shot. Delke claims that Hambrick was holding a gun, which he told him to drop, and when he didn't, the officer shot four times, hitting Hambrick in the head, back, and left torso. Authorities recovered a gun from the scene.
Delke turned himself in on Thursday (September 27) and he was released on $25,000 bail.
Source: cnn.com
